Kiana took some snacks out of thin air. Bailu watched this blatant bribe and wanted to refuse sternly, but she couldn't suppress the craving in her heart.
"It's fine. It's just that I haven't come to play with you in a long time. Let's take today as a chance to rest and have some refreshments."
In the end, Bailu still couldn't resist the temptation.
"Then I shall accept them reluctantly!"
Seeing that Bailu hadn't refused, Kiana took a small table out of thin air. It was piled high with pastries and snacks that Bailu normally couldn't get to eat, along with some products that were difficult to buy in the Xianzhou—or rather, limited-edition goods.
By the time the two of them were full and satisfied, quite a while had passed. Bailu glanced at the time. Although she still wanted Kiana to take her out to play, she remembered that the people outside had been waiting for a long time. What if someone lost patience and entered, only to discover that no one was there? Wouldn't that expose them?
Bailu could only suppress her urge to sneak out and play. After a brief exchange of glances with Kiana, she went to the door.
Although the door opened, Bailu was startled at once.
She had thought there would only be Qing Zhu, the strategist from the Divination Department, along with some Cloud-to-Guard soldiers waiting outside. Instead, the crowd was so enormous that it seemed as if all the patients lined up at the Alchemy Commission, the physicians and alchemists affiliated with it, and even quite a few people who normally had nothing to do with the Alchemy Commission had all come.
And the culprit behind all this...
Bailu glanced from the corner of her eye at Kiana, who was sitting in her